Cellular mobile radio network and method for setting up a base station of a cellular mobile radio network
AssigneeSwisscom Mobile AG
InventorEric Lauper
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Abstract
A cellular mobile radio network having at least one base station integrated into a facility supplied via a power supply network and being connected to an assigned base station controller. The at least one base station includes a module for exchanging radio frequency signals with mobile radio devices; a first transceiver module configured to couple the at least one base station to the power supply network; and a control device configured to control the facility. The control device is connected to the facility via the power supply network or directly, and includes an identification module and a module for communicating with a central unit, the control device being identifiable by the central unit based on the identification module.
Claims25
A cellular mobile radio network having at least one base station integrated into a facility supplied with power via a power supply network and being connected to an assigned base station controller, the at least one base station comprising:
- means for exchanging radio frequency signals with mobile radio devices;
- a first transceiver module configured to couple the at least one base station to the power supply network, wherein a transmission of electrical signals corresponding to the radio frequency signals is made possible bidirectionally between the first transceiver module and a second transceiver module over the power supply network, the second transceiver module being coupled to the power supply network at another place than the first transceiver module, and the second transceiver module being connected to the base station controller assigned to the at least one base station so that a communication over the power supply network is made possible between the at least one base station and the base station controller assigned thereto;
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- a control device configured to control the facility, the control device being connected to the facility via the power supply network or directly, the control device including an identification module and means for communicating with a central unit, and the control device being identifiable by the central unit based on the identification module.
A method for setting up a base station of a cellular mobile radio network and connecting the base station to a mobile radio network, at least one base station being installed in a facility supplied with power via a power supply network and being connected to an assigned base station controller, the method comprising:
- exchanging radio frequency signals between mobile radio devices and the at least one base station, the at least one base station being coupled via a first transceiver module to the power supply network, and a second transceiver module being coupled to the power supply network at another place than the first transceiver module;
- transmitting electrical signals corresponding to the radio frequency signals bidirectionally between the first and second transceiver modules over the power supply network, the second transceiver module being connected to the base station controller assigned to the at least one base station so that a communication over the power supply network is made possible between the at least one base station and the base station controller assigned thereto;
- controlling the facility with a control device of the at least one base station, the control device being connected in series to the facility via the power supply network or directly to the facility;
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- unambiguously identifying the control device by a central unit based on an identification module of the control device, the central unit communicating with the control device over a network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.